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Webster 1828 Edition


Misconceiving

MISCONCE'IVING

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ppr.
Mistaking; misunderstanding.

Definition 2024


misconceiving

misconceiving

English

Verb

misconceiving

  1. present participle of misconceive

Adjective

misconceiving (comparative more misconceiving, superlative most misconceiving)

  1. Having false ideas; misleading.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.x:
      through the helpe of his faire hornes on hight, / And misty dampe of misconceiuing night, / And eke through likenesse of his gotish beard, / He did the better counterfeite aright [...].